Since the beginning of modern civilizationGenerations have witnessed and inherited the only conflicts of world warsBut behold the marriage supper of the lamb and the bridegroom onto his brideThen shall the earth's children know the true expression of one loveThen mother earth shall honeymoon in peace.Forever eliminating the aspirations, lust and anguish of wars and rumors of wars, Selah!

See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors And propaganda spreading inna the Sunday papers not even superman coulda save you with him cape causeRed-a judgement a blaze, blaze yaAnd Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorseAnd gi dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razorsAnd now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed 'causeInna dem churches tryin' to save, saviors

Can we do it? we can do it, we shall do it!

Boom! Tell dem fe uh draw mi out when the world government inna falling outOnly few men survive crawling outRun left him colleagues dem sprawling out, nearly dead!Medic haffi haul him outAnd give him two tranquilizer fi stall him out, deh pon base!Can't get no calling out when him hear from the shout last weekHim mistress find a new shoesWife can't get no news and lately she starting to doubt, she still searching!And the youth dem bawling outWorking hard not to let it all come outWell it's not safe to go walk aboutA slaughterhouse from Baghdad to water houseShe start to arouse sometime she want a spouseShe start go out, start beat a darker stout, guns come out!Working people funds run outKeep a show last week and no one come out, bombs come out!Mi gas tank just run out, bombo clatt!The scotch tape just run out, weed run out!Yuh senses must dumb out, mi have a pound round a back deh a gwan sun outNah come out! 'Til the chalice bun out, Nah come out! 'Til the malice bun out, a war!

Zimbabwe to berlin wallBlazin' like a burnin' ball, loose ball, dat no work, in warSleeping, dat no work..in warCan't wear jheri curl, in warNo diamond and pearl, in warCan't drink weh a serve, in barGas wi fuck up yuh nerves, in warShot wi blood up yuh shirt, in warCan't go lift up no skirt, in warNow disease and germs, in warCan't go release your sperms, in warStamina must preserve, in warFire constantly burn, in warRed, it red, it red, it red, it red!

If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it, then you will die.You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of good for nothingsIf you cannot do what other men have doneWhat other nations have done, what other races have done Then you yourself shall die.

See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors And propaganda spreading inna the Sunday papers not even superman coulda save you with him cape causeRed-a judgement a blaze, blaze yaAnd Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorseAnd gi dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razorsAnd now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed 'causeInna dem churches tryin' to save, saviors

Hey, now wi fore parents sacrifice enoughDem blood sweat and tears run like syrupAny day a revolution might erupt, and the sky's over Kingston lighting upFor the new generation rising up, of youths now a days weh dem sighting upAnd through reasoning dem biding up, Searching for the sign and the sign is us,Searching for the truth all you find is us,Searching for the troops still behind is us,The almighty we recruit and we come from the rootWe build like roach building bootWeh just can't done, Rastafari' design me tuffIf a the fight for freedom sign me upCause you tell-lie-vision can't blind me upSoldiers and police dem wising up, realizing they're no more right than usRealizing there's no use fighting usRealizing their opening their eyes to see the same demoralizing life as usSo we nah tek talk nor smiling upCause the word temper tantrum boiling up,And who alling the shots and nah bust noneControlling the mind of the young, bring down

Bear famine, no rain nah fall from London to Dadeland mallAll the son of the virgin bawl, institute of the church in warPreaching and researching warPractice and rehearsing warTeaching and dem learning warInstigating and urging warAlways keep alert in warCause man will jump out a swerving carNow bees and birds in warAnd the freaks and nerds in warAnd the straight and curves in warForward and reverse in warRed, it red, it red, it red, it red

If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it, then you will die.You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of good for nothingsIf you cannot do what other men have doneWhat other nations have done, what other races have done Then you yourself shall die.